12 Okt 1492 Jahr - October 12, 1492: Columbus lands in the New World

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Columbus landed on Hispaniola in the Caribbean and claimed this land for the Spanish crown. This introduced Europeans to the New World and the Caribbean, later the setting for centuries of slavery. Columbus' discovery set off the Columbian exchange, of which African slaves were a major part.

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